3ia GLOSSARY 



other vessels. In hard-wood Pines they appear divided, 



in soft-wood Pines as of one appearance. Vide Hard- and 



Soft-wood Pines. 

 Filament (filum = a thread). A fine, thread-Uke object seen 



on the winter buds of some conifers. Also applied to 



the stem-like part of a stamen. Note Piceas, Nigra, 



Rubra, Glehnii, Obovata, etc. 

 Filiform. Having the form of a filament. 

 Fimbriated (fimbria = a fibre, or fringe, or end of a garment). 



Fringed. 

 Free. AppUed to that part of the leaf which is detached from 



the stem. Note description of leaf growth " free at 



apex " among the Cupressineae. 

 Frondose (frons = leaf). Leafy, bearing a great many 



leaves, but more strictly in reference to leaf -growths in 



which the functions of stem and leaf are combined. 

 Furrowed. Description of a surface channelled or fissured 



longitudinally. Synonym : Corrugated {q. vide). 

 Fusiform (fusus = a spindle). Spindle-shaped. Enlarged in 



the middle of their length and tapering towards both 



ends like the root of a carrot. 

 Glabrous (glaber = smooth). Without hairs. The opposite 



of pubescent or downy, which terms signify the presence 



of a minute system of hair-growths upon the shoots. 

 Glands (glans = acorn). A small excrescence on leaves or 



shoots, secreting the circulating juices of plant Ufe. 



Among the Cupressineae its presence or absence constitutes 



a helpful identifying mark. 

 Glaucous (Gk. glaucos). An undefined colour consisting of 



blue-grey and green tints. 

 Globose (globus = an orb, sphere, or circle). Nearly circular 



in form. 

 Granular (granulum = a little grain of corn). In form like 



a grain of corn. 

 Habitat (habitare = to reside). The natural dwelling-place 



of any animal or plant. 

 Hard-wood Pines. Vide Fibro-vascular. In hard-wood 



Pines fibro-vascular bundle divided. In soft-wood Pines 

 not divided. Hard-wood Pines with harder and heavier 

 wood. Early and late annual layers sharply defined. 



